Legal history

While Irish historical writing has long been in thrall to the perceived sectarian character of the legal system, this collection is the first to concentrate attention on the actual relationship that existed between the Irish population and the state under which they lived from the War of the Two Kings (1689-1691) to the Great Famine (1845-1849).

While Irish historical writing has long been in thrall to the perceived sectarian character of the legal system, this collection is the first to concentrate attention on the actual relationship that existed between the Irish population and the state under which they lived from the War of the Two Kings (1689-1691) to the Great Famine (1845-1849).

This volume argues that legislation on abortion, adultery, and rape has been central to the formation of the modern citizen.

This volume argues that legislation on abortion, adultery, and rape has been central to the formation of the modern citizen.

The Ideas of Man and Woman in Renaissance France provides the first comprehensive comparison of the printed debates in the 1500s over the superiority or inferiority of woman - the Querelle des femmes - and the dignity and misery of man.

The Ideas of Man and Woman in Renaissance France provides the first comprehensive comparison of the printed debates in the 1500s over the superiority or inferiority of woman - the Querelle des femmes - and the dignity and misery of man.

Nineteenth-century Britain witnessed a dramatic increase in its town population, as a hitherto largely rural economy transformed itself into an urban one.

Nineteenth-century Britain witnessed a dramatic increase in its town population, as a hitherto largely rural economy transformed itself into an urban one.

Cheryl Nixon's book is the first to connect the eighteenth-century fictional orphan and factual orphan, emphasizing the legal concepts of estate, blood, and body.

Cheryl Nixon's book is the first to connect the eighteenth-century fictional orphan and factual orphan, emphasizing the legal concepts of estate, blood, and body.

In eighteenth-century England, the law surrounding vagrancy was complicated, and practice stood in complex relationship to law.

In eighteenth-century England, the law surrounding vagrancy was complicated, and practice stood in complex relationship to law.

Violence and community were intimately linked in the ancient world.

Violence and community were intimately linked in the ancient world.

The first English translation of a comprehensive legal history of Europe, exploring the early middle ages to the twentieth century.

The first English translation of a comprehensive legal history of Europe, exploring the early middle ages to the twentieth century.

This book examines how the common law works through profiles of eight great cases.

This book examines how the common law works through profiles of eight great cases.

This book recounts the transformation of American poor relief in the decades spanning the New Deal and the War on Poverty.

This book recounts the transformation of American poor relief in the decades spanning the New Deal and the War on Poverty.

An examination of how the modern idea of constitutional referendums developed and how direct democracy became possible in modern states.

An examination of how the modern idea of constitutional referendums developed and how direct democracy became possible in modern states.

This book connects the history of immigration with histories of Native Americans, African Americans, women, the poor, Latino/a Americans and Asian Americans.

This book connects the history of immigration with histories of Native Americans, African Americans, women, the poor, Latino/a Americans and Asian Americans.

Forging Rivals tells the story of the rise and fall of postwar liberalism.

Forging Rivals tells the story of the rise and fall of postwar liberalism.

This book provides a succinct and accessible account of the critical role of legal and constitutional issues of the American Civil War.

This book provides a succinct and accessible account of the critical role of legal and constitutional issues of the American Civil War.

This book details the history of the origins and development of free legal aid for the poor in the United States.

This book details the history of the origins and development of free legal aid for the poor in the United States.

Analyzes the newly available statistical evidence on income distribution in the former Soviet Union both by social group and by republic, and considers the significance of inequalities as a factor contributing to the demise of the Communist regime.

Analyzes the newly available statistical evidence on income distribution in the former Soviet Union both by social group and by republic, and considers the significance of inequalities as a factor contributing to the demise of the Communist regime.

First published in 1805, this work summarises the vast array of laws at the time on the relief of the poor in Great Britain.

First published in 1805, this work summarises the vast array of laws at the time on the relief of the poor in Great Britain.

This collection explores the stakes, risks and opportunities invoked in opening and exploring law's archive and re-examining law's evidence.

This collection explores the stakes, risks and opportunities invoked in opening and exploring law's archive and re-examining law's evidence.

The exact legacies of the two Hague Peace Conferences remain unclear.

The exact legacies of the two Hague Peace Conferences remain unclear.

This book explores censorship, particularly film and video censorship, in Japan in modern times.

This book explores censorship, particularly film and video censorship, in Japan in modern times.

In the context of our increasingly global legal order, Pierre Legendre's God in the Mirror reconsiders the place of law within the division of existing bodies of knowledge.

In the context of our increasingly global legal order, Pierre Legendre's God in the Mirror reconsiders the place of law within the division of existing bodies of knowledge.

This book explores the form, function and meaning of crime and execution broadsides printed in nineteenth-century Britain.

This multi-disciplinary study considers the intersection between law and family life in Ireland from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

This is the first book on Royal Wills since 1780 and aims to take over where the previous ones (in 1775 and 1780) left off.

Die Rede von einer "Herrschaft der Richter" ist nicht bloß eine polemische Spitze gegen Gerichtsentscheidungen.

This book provides a critical engagement with the idea of the 'security society' which has been the focus of so much attention in criminology and the social sciences more broadly.

This book sheds new light on early twentieth-century secularism by examining campaigns to challenge dominant Christian approaches to the teaching of morality and citizenship in English schools, and to offer superior alternatives.